Project Manager

The Project Manager plans, executes and track client facing projects across Acxiom’s Services. Projects can range from highly complex and large strategic solutions or transformations to smaller consulting or CR engagements. Projects can include delivering with only Services resources, or include wider resources across Acxiom, IPG our partners or clients.

The Project Manager takes accountability for successful delivery of projects for Acxiom’s clients, completing projects within determined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

What you will do:

• Project delivery:
  • For their projects takes accountability for successful delivery of using Project Management principles.
  • Initiating: Works closely with the pre-sales team that sold the project to capture clearly scope, assumptions, external and internal dependencies, risks, issues of the project. Builds trust with key stakeholders. Leads the assembly of the project team, the implementation of a project org chart and RACI.
  • Planning: Defines, organizes and plans project schedules to meet required project/program timeframes.
  • Executing: Comfortable concurrently managing more than one moderately complex, multiple phased projects with cross-functional.
  • Monitoring/Controlling: Captures, monitors and escalates risks including planning, analysis, response and control on a scheduled basis across all phases of projects/programs.
  • Closing
• Pre-sales management
• Demand & resource management
• Learning & knowledge management
• KPI definition & tracking
• Product/industry knowledge & understanding

What you will need:

• Has the skills and experience to lead large projects ($300k+)
• Very comfortable when client facing, including driving difficult communications to challenge senior sponsor expectations.
• Excellent preparation and presentation skills with a focus on a clear narrative and attention to detail.
• Empowers the team to deliver while maintaining oversight through setting robust project processes.
• Experience of leading with Marketing Technology or Advertising Technology implementations highly desirable. Specific technologies we use
• Customer Data Platforms (e.g. SalesForce, Bloomreach, TreasureData)
• Loyalty platforms (e.g. Antavo)
• Web Personalisation Platforms (e.g. Sitecore)
• Business level German language skills required.
• Project Management qualifications desirable.

At Acxiom, we celebrate difference and believe this makes us stronger. We are equal opportunity employers and committed to championing an inclusive culture that provides a sense of belonging for all our employees. We do not discriminate against any applicant based on age, disability, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, belief, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need any adjustments to ensure our recruitment process is fully accessible to you, then please contact our Recruitment Team.

Acxiom is a customer intelligence company that provides data-driven solutions to enable the world’s best marketers to better understand their customers to create better experiences and business growth. A leader in customer data management, identity, and the ethical use of data for more than 50 years, Acxiom now helps thousands of clients and partners around the globe work together to create millions of better customer experiences every day. Acxiom is a registered trademark of Acxiom LLC and is part of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG). For more information, visit acxiom.co.uk

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